on the article from the GeForce 8800 series I read this on the last page:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/391/27/
The first "real" 3D accelerator (we could not call it a graphics card in these days) I ever tested was made by 3Dfx, the SST-1 (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).

The add-on board was comprised out of a set of two single chips each with a dedicated function (the raster chip and the texturing chip).

Each chip had roughly one million transistors.  Most of you who have been following Guru3D.com know this , but prior to the "Guru of 3D" name this website was called
"The Voodoo Guru".
http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.phpimage=8726

The two 3DFX chips combined made a product called the "Voodoo Graphics" add-on card. This is literally how this site was named. This is actually where my life literally changed and became focused on the graphics industry.

ah what sweet to read again

So I found out that SST-1  means (Sellers, Smith, Tarolli-1).
here are all 3 people

Scott Sellers, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:


Ross Q. Smith, Marketing and Business Development:


Gary Tarolli, Chief Technical Officer and Founder:

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Then you should stop 'finding it irritating' but take his advice and read some good 3dfx articles 

Source: The Dodge Garage - 3dfx trivia
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Dunno what happened here, haven't seen it...

I would only like to mention that its nice to see 3Dfx remembered and respected even in a 8800 review.

I guess 3Dfx was an important and remarkable part of life to many souls all over the world.